Genesis 47:18:20Gen.47.18.W20PAT
לִפְנֵ֣י
lifne
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NE
- Extended
- lif-NEH
- IPA
- /lif.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
- French
- devant
- Spanish
- delante de
- Portuguese
- diante de
- German
- vor
- Russian
- перед
- Arabic-Simplified
- أمام
- Hindi
- के सामने
- Chinese-Simplified
- 面前
- Korean
- 앞에
- Indonesian
- di hadapan
- Bengali
- সামনে
- Tagalog
- sa harap ng
- Swahili
- mbele ya
- Amharic
- በፊት
- Yoruba
- níwájú
- Igbo
- n'ihu
- Twi
- anim
- Ewe
- le ŋgɔ na
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NE
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NE a-do-NI
- clause
LO nish-AR lif-NE a-do-NI bil-TI im-ge-vi-ya-TE-nu ve-ad-ma-TE-nu
- sentence
va-tit-TOM ha-sha-NA ha-HI va-ya-VO-u e-LAV ba-sha-NA ha-she-NIT va-yom-RU LO lo-ne-kha-KHED me-a-do-NI KI im-TAM ha-KE-sef u-mik-NE ha-be-he-MA el-a-do-NI LO nish-AR lif-NE a-do-NI bil-TI im-ge-vi-ya-TE-nu ve-ad-ma-TE-nu
In context — Genesis 47:18
{It} ended the year that they came to him in the year the second they said to him we will not hide from my lord that is spent the money and the livestock of the cattle are my lord's nothing remains before my lord except our bodies and our land
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:18:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Genesis 47:18, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֣י (lifne) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.47.18.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.18.W20.S1) and character.